quarrel

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/
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• General-American: kwôrʹəl
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• General-American: /ˈkwɔɹəl/
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• New-York-City: kwŏrʹəl
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• New-York-City: /ˈkwɑɹəl/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹəl
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From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). querī (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”) comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”).

PIE word *kwetwóres From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóres (“four”). Doublet of carreau.

From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)).

333 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: grindje — dispute or heated argument
• Albanian: sharje — dispute or heated argument
• Albanian: degë — dispute or heated argument
• Albanian: degame — dispute or heated argument
• Albanian: zënkë — dispute or heated argument
• Arabic: نِزَاع (nizāʕ) — dispute or heated argument
• Arabic: شِجَار (šijār) — dispute or heated argument
• Armenian: վեճ (več) — dispute or heated argument
• Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv) — dispute or heated argument
• Assamese: কাজিয়া (kazia) — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: dalaşma — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: vuruşma — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: qovğa — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: dava — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: küsüşmə — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: söyüşmə — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: küsülülük — dispute or heated argument
• Azerbaijani: dalaş — dispute or heated argument
• Belarusian: сва́рка (svárka) — dispute or heated argument
• Bengali: ঝগড়া (jhogoṛa) — dispute or heated argument
• Bengali: কাজিয়া (kajiẏa) — dispute or heated argument
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad) — dispute or heated argument
• Bhojpuri: झगड़ा (jhagəṛā) — dispute or heated argument
• Central Bikol: iwal — dispute or heated argument
• Bulgarian: кавга́ (kavgá) — dispute or heated argument
• Bulgarian: ка́раница (káranica) — dispute or heated argument
• Bulgarian: сва́да (sváda) — dispute or heated argument
• Catalan: baralla — dispute or heated argument
• Chechen: дов (dov) — dispute or heated argument
• Cherokee: ᎠᏘᏲᏍᏗ (atiyosdi) — dispute or heated argument
• Chinese Cantonese: 嗌交 (aai3 gaau1) — dispute or heated argument
• Chinese Cantonese: 嘈交 (cou4 gaau1) — dispute or heated argument
• Chinese: 相罵 /相骂 (zh-min-nan) — dispute or heated argument
• Chinese: 冤家 (zh-min-nan) — dispute or heated argument
• Chinese Mandarin: 吵架 (chǎojià) — dispute or heated argument
• Czech: hádka — dispute or heated argument
• Czech: spor — dispute or heated argument
• Danish: skænderi — dispute or heated argument
• Dutch: dispuut — dispute or heated argument
• Dutch: (ge)ruzie — dispute or heated argument
• Dutch: onenigheid — dispute or heated argument
• Dutch: twist — dispute or heated argument
• Esperanto: disputo — dispute or heated argument
• Esperanto: kverelo — dispute or heated argument
• Estonian: tüli — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: kiista — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: kiistely — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: kina — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: riita — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: sanasota — dispute or heated argument
• Finnish: väittely — dispute or heated argument
• French: querelle — dispute or heated argument
• French: dispute — dispute or heated argument
• Galician: baralla — dispute or heated argument
• Galician: lea — dispute or heated argument
• Galician: liorta — dispute or heated argument
• Galician: rifa — dispute or heated argument
• Georgian: დავა (dava) — dispute or heated argument
• Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — dispute or heated argument
• German: Streit — dispute or heated argument
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰 (jiuka) — dispute or heated argument
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō) — dispute or heated argument
• Greek: καβγάς (kavgás) — dispute or heated argument
• Greek: λογομαχία (logomachía) — dispute or heated argument
• Greek: τσακωμός (tsakomós) — dispute or heated argument
• Ancient Greek: νεῖκος (neîkos) — dispute or heated argument
• Hebrew: רִיב (riv) — dispute or heated argument
• Hindi: झगड़ा (jhagṛā) — dispute or heated argument
• Hindi: विवाद (vivād) — dispute or heated argument
• Hungarian: perpatvar — dispute or heated argument
• Hungarian: veszekedés — dispute or heated argument
• Hungarian: vita — dispute or heated argument
• Icelandic: rifrildi — dispute or heated argument
• Indonesian: percekcokan — dispute or heated argument
• Ingrian: riita — dispute or heated argument
• Irish: bruíon — dispute or heated argument
• Irish: clampar — dispute or heated argument
• Irish: imreas — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: battibecco — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: bisticcio — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: diatriba — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: discussione — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: disputa — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: diverbio — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: lite — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: litigio — dispute or heated argument
• Italian: scaramuccia — dispute or heated argument
• Japanese: 言い争い (iiarasoi) — dispute or heated argument
• Japanese: 口論 (kōron) — dispute or heated argument
• Japanese: 口喧嘩 (kuchigenka) — dispute or heated argument
• Kashmiri: لَڑٲے (laḍạ̄y) — dispute or heated argument
• Kashmiri: جٔگڑٕ (jạgḍụ) — dispute or heated argument
• Kazakh: ұрыс (ūrys) — dispute or heated argument
• Kazakh: ұрыс-керіс (ūrys-kerıs) — dispute or heated argument
• Kazakh: жанжал (janjal) — dispute or heated argument
• Khmer: ជម្លោះ (cɔɔcumlŭəh) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 싸움 (ssaum) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 다툼 (datum) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 말다툼 (maldatum) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 말싸움 (malssaum) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 말씨름 (malssireum) — dispute or heated argument
• Korean: 입씨름 (ipssireum) — dispute or heated argument
• Kyrgyz: кериш (keriş) — dispute or heated argument
• Kyrgyz: чатак (catak) — dispute or heated argument
• Kyrgyz: уруш (uruş) — dispute or heated argument
• Latin: iūrgium — dispute or heated argument
• Latvian: ķilda — dispute or heated argument
• Lithuanian: ginčas — dispute or heated argument
• Macedonian: ка́вга (kávga) — dispute or heated argument
• Macedonian: кара́ница (karánica) — dispute or heated argument
• Malay: pergaduhan — dispute or heated argument
• Māori: taute — dispute or heated argument
• Māori: whakatete — dispute or heated argument
• Māori: wheinga — dispute or heated argument
• Marshallese: akwāāl — dispute or heated argument
• Mongolian: хэрүүл (xerüül) — dispute or heated argument
• Nepali: झगडा (jhagaḍā) — dispute or heated argument
• Norwegian Bokmål: krangel — dispute or heated argument
• Church Slavic: сваръ (svarŭ) — dispute or heated argument
• Pashto: شخړه (šx̌aṛa) — dispute or heated argument
• Dari: غَوغَا (ġawġā) — dispute or heated argument
• Dari: دَعْوَا (da'wā) — dispute or heated argument
• Dari: نِزَاع (nizā') — dispute or heated argument
• Iranian Persian: غُوغا (ġowġâ) — dispute or heated argument
• Iranian Persian: دَعْوا (da'vâ) — dispute or heated argument
• Iranian Persian: نِزَاع (nezâ') — dispute or heated argument
• Plautdietsch: Zank — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: awantura — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: kłótnia — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: spięcie — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: spór — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: sprzeczka — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: swar — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: utarczka — dispute or heated argument
• Polish: zwada — dispute or heated argument
• Portuguese: querela — dispute or heated argument
• Portuguese: discussão — dispute or heated argument
• Romanian: ceartă — dispute or heated argument
• Russian: ссо́ра (ssóra) — dispute or heated argument
• Russian: спор (spor) — dispute or heated argument
• Russian: перебра́нка (perebránka) — dispute or heated argument
• Russian: сва́ра (svára) — dispute or heated argument
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachadh — dispute or heated argument
• Scottish Gaelic: trod — dispute or heated argument
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̑вга — dispute or heated argument
• Serbo-Croatian: сва̏ђа — dispute or heated argument
• Serbo-Croatian: kȃvga — dispute or heated argument
• Serbo-Croatian: svȁđa — dispute or heated argument
• Slovak: hádka — dispute or heated argument
• Slovak: spor — dispute or heated argument
• Slovene: prepir — dispute or heated argument
• Southern Altai: кериш (keriš) — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: brega — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: discusión — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: pelea — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: pelotera — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: rencilla — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: riña — dispute or heated argument
• Spanish: querella — dispute or heated argument
• Swedish: dispyt — dispute or heated argument
• Swedish: gräl — dispute or heated argument
• Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠎꠤꠀ (xazia) — dispute or heated argument
• Sylheti: ꠖꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ (dorbar) — dispute or heated argument
• Tagalog: away — dispute or heated argument
• Tajik: ғавғо (ġavġo) — dispute or heated argument
• Tajik: ҷанҷол (janjol) — dispute or heated argument
• Tajik: низоъ (nizo') — dispute or heated argument
• Thai: การทะเลาะ (gaan-tá-lɔ́) — dispute or heated argument
• Tocharian B: śalna — dispute or heated argument
• Turkish: kavga — dispute or heated argument
• Turkish: dalaş — dispute or heated argument
• Turkish: çıngar — dispute or heated argument
• Ottoman Turkish: نزاع (nizaʿ) — dispute or heated argument
• Ottoman Turkish: چكیش (çekiş) — dispute or heated argument
• Ottoman Turkish: پرخاش (perhaş) — dispute or heated argument
• Turkmen: dawa — dispute or heated argument
• Turkmen: gowga — dispute or heated argument
• Turkmen: jedel — dispute or heated argument
• Ukrainian: сва́рка (svárka) — dispute or heated argument
• Urdu: جَھگْڑا (jhagṛā) — dispute or heated argument
• Uyghur: جېدەل (jëdel) — dispute or heated argument
• Uyghur: تالاش-تارتىش (talash-tartish) — dispute or heated argument
• Uzbek: janjal — dispute or heated argument
• Uzbek: nizo — dispute or heated argument
• Uzbek: urish — dispute or heated argument
• Uzbek: gʻavgʻo — dispute or heated argument
• Venetan: bèga — dispute or heated argument
• Vietnamese: cãi cọ — dispute or heated argument
• Vietnamese: cãi vã — dispute or heated argument
• Bengali: বিবাদ (bibad) — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Catalan: plany — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Danish: uenighed — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Dutch: betwisting — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Dutch: dispuut — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Dutch: geschilpunt — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Finnish: valitus — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Galician: queixa — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Marshallese: akwāāl — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Portuguese: queixa — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Spanish: queja — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Spanish: problema — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Spanish: querella — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Spanish: rencilla — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Swedish: oenighet — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Tagalog: away — basis or ground of dispute or objection — see also complaint
• Catalan: cairell — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Finnish: vasama — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• French: carreau — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• German: Bolzen — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Italian: quadrello — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Polish: bełt — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Portuguese: seta — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Portuguese: quadrelo — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Russian: болт (bolt) — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Swedish: skäkta — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Ukrainian: болт (bolt) — arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest
• Catalan: cairó — square tile — see also quarry tile
• Hungarian: burkolólap — square tile — see also quarry tile
• Hungarian: mozaiklap — square tile — see also quarry tile
• Japanese: タイル (tairu) — square tile — see also quarry tile
• Albanian: grihem — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Albanian: grindem — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Arabic: تَشَاجَرَ (tašājara) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Armenian: վիճել (vičel) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Armenian: գժտվել (gžtvel) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Aromanian: mi ntsertu — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Azerbaijani: savaşmaq — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Azerbaijani: söyüşmək — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Azerbaijani: küsüşmək — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Azerbaijani: ağızlaşmaq — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Azerbaijani: sözləşmək — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Belarusian: сва́рыцца (svárycca) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Bulgarian: ка́рам се (káram se) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ် (ranhprac) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Catalan: barallar-se — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Catalan: discutir — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Chinese Cantonese: 詏 /𬣦 (aau3) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 拌嘴 (bànzuǐ) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Chinese Mandarin: 吵架 (chǎojià) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Czech: hádat se — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Danish: skændes — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Dutch: bekvechten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Dutch: redetwisten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Dutch: ruzieën — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Dutch: ruziemaken — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Dutch: twisten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Finnish: kiistellä — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Finnish: kinata — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Finnish: riidellä — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• French: se quereller — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• French: se disputer — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• German: sich streiten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• German: streiten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• German: sich zanken — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (jiukan) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Greek: καβγαδίζω (kavgadízo) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Greek: λογομαχώ (logomachó) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Greek: μαλώνω (malóno) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Greek: τσακώνομαι (tsakónomai) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Ancient Greek: ἐρίζω (erízō) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Ancient Greek: νεικέω (neikéō) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Hindi: झगड़ना (jhagaṛnā) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Hungarian: veszekedik — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Hungarian: veszekszik — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Ingrian: riijellä — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Irish: bruíon — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Italian: bisticciare — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Italian: discutere — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Italian: litigare — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Japanese: 言い争う (iiarasou) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Japanese: 口論する (kōron suru) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Japanese: 口喧嘩する (kuchigenka suru) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Khmer: ឈ្លោះ (chlŭəh) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Korean: 싸우다 (ssauda) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Korean: 다투다 (datuda) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Korean: 말다툼하다 (maldatumhada) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Lao: ທະເລາະ (tha lǫ) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Lao: ຖຽງ (thīang) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Lao: ປະແກກ (pa kǣk) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Latin: iurgō — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Macedonian: се препира (se prepira) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Malay: bergaduh — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Māori: whakanehenehe — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Māori: whakanihoniho — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Māori: whei — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Māori: whewhei — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Māori: tarahae — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Marshallese: akwāāl — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Middle English: flyten — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Mongolian: хэрэлдэх (xereldex) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Mongolian: муудалцах (muudalcax) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Nepali: झगडा गर्नु (jhagaḍā garnu) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Norwegian: krangle — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Persian: ستیزیدن (setizidan) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Portuguese: querelar — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Portuguese: discutir — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Romanian: a se certa — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Romanian: interveni într-o ceartă — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Russian: ссо́риться (ssóritʹsja) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Russian: спо́рить (spóritʹ) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Russian: руга́ться (rugátʹsja) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Russian: брани́ться (branítʹsja) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Russian: препира́ться (prepirátʹsja) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Scottish Gaelic: connsaich — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Scottish Gaelic: troid — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Serbo-Croatian: препирати се — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Serbo-Croatian: prepirati se — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Slovak: hádať sa — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Slovene: prepirati se — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Spanish: reñir — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Spanish: refertar — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Spanish: disputar — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Spanish: querellarse — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Spanish: querellar — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Swedish: krångla — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Tagalog: mag-away — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Tagalog: makipag-away — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Thai: ทะเลาะ (tá-lɔ́) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Thai: พิพาท (pí-pâat) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Ukrainian: сва́ритися (svárytysja) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Unami: mahtëtunhe — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Urdu: جھگڑا کرنا (jhagṛā karnā) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Venetan: begar — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Vietnamese: cãi cọ — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Vietnamese: cãi vã — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Welsh: ffraeo — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Yiddish: צעקריגן זיך (tsekrign zikh) — to argue strongly, contend, squabble
• Bulgarian: придирам (pridiram) — to find fault — see also cavil
• Finnish: nipottaa — to find fault — see also cavil
• Italian: incriminare — to find fault — see also cavil
• Spanish: discrepar — to find fault — see also cavil